She measures in grams. He cooks with fire. In the middle of a Montana blizzard, things are about to get heated.
Marcella Rieux needs a win. After being chewed up and spit out by the Chicago culinary elite, she’s bet her last dollar on a high-end French patisserie in the middle of nowhere: Stone Creek, Montana. She has the skills, the ingredients, and the ambition. She just didn't account for the neighbor.
Sam Stone is the unmovable object. The owner of the Stone Creek Diner, he serves cheap coffee and greasy eggs to the people he'''s known all his life. He doesn't have time for Marcella’s "laminated dough" or her attitude. He’s too busy trying to keep his father’s crumbling legacy from freezing to death in the winter cold.
When a catastrophic blizzard cuts off the supply lines, these two enemies are forced into the same kitchen. But when a high-stakes baking competition brings Marcella’s arrogant mentor to town, the rivalry turns into a desperate alliance.
To win the $200,000 contract that could save them both, they have to create something impossible: a perfect blend of French technique and Montana grit. But as the flour settles and the ovens heat up, Sam and Marcella realize that the most dangerous thing in the kitchen isn't the fire—it's the undeniable pull between them.
Perfect for fans of The Hating Game and Gilmore Girls, this grumpy-sunshine romance proves that sometimes you have to break the recipe to find the love of a lifetime.
Genre: Romance
Marcella Rieux needs a win. After being chewed up and spit out by the Chicago culinary elite, she’s bet her last dollar on a high-end French patisserie in the middle of nowhere: Stone Creek, Montana. She has the skills, the ingredients, and the ambition. She just didn't account for the neighbor.
Sam Stone is the unmovable object. The owner of the Stone Creek Diner, he serves cheap coffee and greasy eggs to the people he'''s known all his life. He doesn't have time for Marcella’s "laminated dough" or her attitude. He’s too busy trying to keep his father’s crumbling legacy from freezing to death in the winter cold.
When a catastrophic blizzard cuts off the supply lines, these two enemies are forced into the same kitchen. But when a high-stakes baking competition brings Marcella’s arrogant mentor to town, the rivalry turns into a desperate alliance.
To win the $200,000 contract that could save them both, they have to create something impossible: a perfect blend of French technique and Montana grit. But as the flour settles and the ovens heat up, Sam and Marcella realize that the most dangerous thing in the kitchen isn't the fire—it's the undeniable pull between them.
Perfect for fans of The Hating Game and Gilmore Girls, this grumpy-sunshine romance proves that sometimes you have to break the recipe to find the love of a lifetime.
Genre: Romance
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